Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a new executive directive on Monday to support local film and TV jobs.
Bass, who spoke at a press conference at the Hollywood, acknowledged how the film industry in Los Angeles has been impacted over the years by the COVID-19 pandemic and most recently, the January wildfires.
The mayor then announced the new order, which she said “will make it easier to film in Los Angeles.”
According to a press release, Bass’ directive highlights several guidelines to make film and TV production in Los Angeles more accessible and to help cut costs.
First, it requires city departments to “make iconic City locations more accessible and affordable for filming” by “creating guidelines for onsite filming, cutting review timelines, and calling for the lowering of certain City fees.”
Next, the directive calls for lowering “costs and coordination time by reducing the number of City departmental staff who are assigned to monitor filming on set to one total City staff member, as City law allows.”
